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Discover how a broken slab of stone found by soldiers in Egypt unlocked the secrets of ancient hieroglyphics and changed history forever.

Follow the incredible journey of an email as it races through cables, routers, and undersea networks to reach the other side of the world in seconds.

Discover the amazing Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, where 40,000 stone columns meet the sea and legends of the giant Finn McCool come to life.

Learn what cyberbullying is, how to spot it, and how you can be a champion for kindness in the digital world.

Discover how listening to bedtime stories for just two weeks can boost your empathy and creativity, based on a real 2026 scientific study.

Helping parents teach children to recognise unhealthy friendship types at school and build the confidence to choose kind, respectful friends.

Discover what critical thinking really means, how it slowly vanished from schools, and why learning to think for yourself is more important than ever.

Polly and Trevor travel through time to discover how humans learned to heal, from mouldy bread in ancient Egypt to life-saving antibiotics and the incredible future of medicine.

Discover who Shakespeare was, explore the famous story of Romeo and Juliet, and find out why this 400-year-old play still matters today.

Discover how humans evolved from simple grunts and gestures to speaking over 7,000 incredible languages across the world.

Discover how solids, liquids and gases work, why ice melts, where puddles vanish to, and how the water cycle keeps our planet alive.

Polly and Trevor explore both sides of the big debate about whether animals should be kept as pets, helping children build powerful arguments for and against.